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2024 Hines Jurist in Residence Lecture:
Get PDFThe Hines Jurist in Residence Lecture was delivered by Georgia Supreme Court Justice Carla Wong McMillian (J.D. 98) who discussed her path to the bench. Her talk was titled From China to Augusta to the Supreme Court
International Commitment to Regulating Corporate Abuse in Food Systems: A Human Rights Framework Approach
Get PDFHuman access to adequate food is a pressing global challenge marked with significant disparities and systemic barriers. Despite advances in agricultural technology, production, and efforts by private organizations and governments to mitigate food access issues and recognize a legal right to food, millions worldwide continue to lack access. Poverty, political conflict, climate change, and inequitable social structures are just a few of the many complex barriers affecting food systems. However, one particular class of actors dominates the food system and exacerbates access issues: multinational and transnational corporations. By definition, corporations prioritize profit and market control. Mere recognition of the right to food in national or international agreements is insufficient without actionable steps to regulate corporate actors. This note advocates for a binding multilateral agreement with a human rights framework approach aimed at curtailing corporate capture and domination of food systems. Such an agreement would compel states to enforce regulations on corporate practices that undermine adequate food access, aiming to ensure that all people, including specially affected groups like women, children, and indigenous peoples, have the right to reliable, adequate, nutritious, and culturally appropriate food
Functional Contracting: Re-Conceptualizing Business Contracts in the Face of New Forms of Production
Get PDFChapman featured in Rolling Stone
No full textBrock Professor Nathan S. Chapman was featured in Rolling Stone regarding the 2020 election interference case. The article titled Trump Team Hunts for More ‘Dirt’ to Tank Georgia Election Interference Case was written by Adam Rawnsley and Asawin Suebsaeng and was published 1/10/24. The article was reprinted by other media outlets including MSN
Dennis receives UGA\u27s Bennett-Alexander Inclusive Community Award
No full textCongratulations to Associate Dean & Martin Chair of Law Andrea L. Dennis for receiving the Dawn D. Bennett-Alexander Inclusive Community Award, which recognizes faculty members who have contributed considerably to promoting inclusive excellence within and beyond the classroom. The honor was presented during the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Freedom Breakfast held 1/16/24.
1/16/24 - Freedom Breakfast looks to the future during 20th anniversar
Rodrigues\u27 article featured in Corporate Board Member
No full textUniversity Professor & Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law Usha Rodrigues\u27 2018 article was featured in Corporate Board Member magazine regarding the role of independent boards of directors. The article titled Is Board Independence Overrated? was written by Dan Fisher and published January 2024
White receives UGA President\u27s Medal
No full textThe University of Georgia bestowed one of its highest honors on Ronald D. Simpson and Rebecca Hanner White in an award ceremony on Jan. 25.
The President’s Medal recognizes individuals, not currently employed at the university, who have made extraordinary contributions to the UGA community by supporting students and academic programs, advancing research or engaging in public service to enhance the quality of life of citizens in Georgia. The honor is awarded annually during the university’s Founders Day celebration.
“This year’s honorees, Dr. Ronald Simpson and Dean Rebecca Hanner White, have been devoted members of the UGA community for decades and have played key roles in establishing some of our most impactful academic programs,” said President Jere W. Morehead. “It has been my great privilege to work with both of them over the course of my career.”
Ronald D. Simpson
Ronald D. Simpson played a central role in establishing teaching excellence as an integral part of the University of Georgia’s institutional culture. He is a professor emeritus of higher education and science education and director emeritus of UGA’s Office of Instructional Development.
After serving for 15 years as the inaugural director of the Office of Instructional Development and more than 20 years as a faculty member, Simpson retired from UGA in 2001. He has continued to support the university’s instructional initiatives as a charter member of the Emeriti Scholars program and a mentor to faculty and administrators.
Simpson earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Tennessee before coming to the University of Georgia for his doctorate in science education. After graduating in 1970, Simpson joined the faculty of the Mary Frances Early College of Education as an assistant professor. He briefly moved to North Carolina State University before returning to UGA to direct the newly created Office of Instructional Development.
As the director of the Office of Instructional Development from 1981 to 1996, Simpson started or supported more than 30 programs and activities that dramatically improved the quality of instruction in UGA classrooms and laboratories. Many of these programs, such as the UGA Teaching Academy, are still active today. He also established teaching awards for faculty and graduate students, including the Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professorship, UGA’s highest teaching honor.
Simpson’s programs in the Office of Instructional Development, which later became the Office of Instructional Support and Development in 1997 and the Center for Teaching and Learning in 2005, have been recognized regionally and nationally as models for effective faculty and instructional development.
Simpson continued to engage in teaching, research and service in the department of science education at UGA concurrent with directing the Office of Instructional Development. In 1996, he became a full-time faculty member in the Louise McBee Institute of Higher Education and served for two years as acting director of the institute. Simpson also coordinated the statewide Governor’s Teaching Fellows program from 1995 to 2000.
Simpson published numerous articles and professional publications throughout his career, in addition to multiple books focused on issues in higher education. He served on the board of the National Science Teachers Association and on the editorial board of multiple science and higher education journals.
In 2001, Simpson received the Regents’ Teaching Excellence Award, the highest teaching award given by the University System of Georgia, for his superlative teaching record and commitment to helping students achieve academic success. He also is a past recipient of UGA’s Creative Research Medal and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Rebecca Hanner White
Rebecca Hanner White is regarded as one of the most effective deans and professors in the history of the University of Georgia’s School of Law. She served as dean from 2003 to 2015 and has continued to support the law school and its goals since her retirement in 2016 as dean and J. Alton Hosch Professor of Law emeritus.
White graduated from the University of Kentucky’s J. David Rosenberg College of Law in 1981 as valedictorian of her class. She practiced labor and employment law for seven years in Cincinnati, Ohio, before joining the School of Law at the University of Georgia as an assistant professor in 1989.
White continued to rise through the academic ranks at UGA over the years, becoming a full professor in 1998. She served as the associate provost and associate vice president for academic affairs for the university from October 2003 to June 2004 before becoming the law school’s dean and J. Alton Hosch Professor of Law in July 2004.
Among her many accomplishments as dean, White recruited and supported a highly talented community of faculty and staff members who were dedicated to student success, enhanced the curriculum offerings and experiential learning opportunities for law students, oversaw major upgrades to the law school’s facilities and expanded private donor support.
White was a pioneer at UGA as well as in her field. In addition to being the first female dean of the School of Law, she was the first female faculty member from the law school to be named a Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor and the first female faculty member to win the law school’s Faculty Book Award for Excellence in Teaching, which she went on to win six times, and the John C. O’Byrne Memorial Award for furthering faculty-student relations. She also was the first female faculty member to be selected as an honorary marshal by the law school’s graduating class.
In April 2015, White received the UGA Alumni Association’s Faculty Service Award, marking the first time the award was presented to a law school faculty member in 35 years. She also received the UGA Law School Alumni Association’s Distinguished Service Scroll Award in 2015 and the Professional Achievement Award from the University of Kentucky’s Rosenberg College of Law in 2012.
White specializes in labor law, employment discrimination, employment law and labor arbitration, and her scholarship has been cited by federal and state courts across the United States. Her work has been published in numerous articles and books. She continues to serve the law community as co-chair of the Strategic Review Committee of the American Bar Association’s Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar.
Founders Week
The President’s Medal ceremony is part of Founders Week, when UGA observes the date the university was established, Jan. 27. On this day in 1785, the Georgia General Assembly adopted a charter establishing the University of Georgia as the first institution of public higher education in America.
Article written by UGA Marketing and Communications\u27 Erica Techo.
White is pictured above with University Professor, Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor & Caldwell Chair in Constitutional Law Dan Coenen (left) and Associate Dean & Hosch Professor Emeritus Paul Kurtz
Amann presents on women acquitted at Nuremberg
No full textRegents\u27 Professor of International Law & Woodruff Chair in International Law Diane Marie Amann presented “Inge Viermetz, Woman Acquitted at Nuremberg” as part of Perspectives on the International Criminal Court and International Criminal Law and Procedure: A Symposium in Memory of Megan Fairlie held at Florida International University College of Law in Miami during February
Rodrigues featured on Politico
No full textUniversity Professor & Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law Usha Rodrigues was featured in Politico regarding the Truth Social\u27s plans to list shares on Wall Street. The article titled Trump\u27s Truth Social nears Wall Street listing that could yield millions was written by Declan Harty and published 2/15/24
Law school alumna delivers UGA\u27s 2024 Mary Frances Early Lecture
No full textWhat does it take to be a quiet trailblazer?
Mary Frances Early set an example by helping to integrate the University of Georgia in 1961, and her friend Yvette K. Daniels laid out the roadmap to being a quiet trailblazer as the keynote speaker of the 24th annual Mary Frances Early Lecture, held Feb. 6 at the University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education & Hotel.
“I want you to be encouraged by this—not afraid of it, not sad about it—because she had no regrets. She’s said she would do it all again because she knows how important it is,” said Daniels, who currently serves as the director of university relations for the Georgia Department of Public Health. “You should be encouraged by this roadmap she has created.”
Although both women have strong ties to the university, Daniels and Early actually met at their hair salon several years ago. They quickly bonded over their connections, particularly through UGA and ways to help students.
“I knew Mary Frances Early was a very special lady from that very first appointment at the hair salon,” Daniels said.
Since that first conversation, Daniels has made a point to truly listen to every pearl of wisdom she’s heard from Early. Together, that advice lays out a path to making a difference.
First, Daniels encouraged the audience to step outside their comfort zone. She pointed out that Early doesn’t fear taking chances, like taking a train to New York City by herself. Daniels told students to embrace being uncomfortable because that will allow them to take advantage of opportunities that might not come their way again.
“If she can accomplish what she’s accomplished, living in that world, you all can do so much. There are no excuses,” Daniels said.
Daniels also pointed out that Early knew how to take advice from others and take initiative.
“Once you recognize that people are trying to support you, accept that support. It will take you far,” Daniels said.
It’s equally important to take advantage of resources. Early had the opportunity to learn several instruments, and that served her well teaching music later on.
“She understood the assignment. She knew what would have to happen to go to the best school, to get a scholarship. She took advantage of the resources available to her,” Daniels said.
Daniels reminded the audience to push themselves and not worry about what anyone else says.
“Your race is not against anybody else but you,” Daniels said. “Your race to be excellent is your race against yourself. If you keep that as your focus, much like Mary Frances Early, you fill find success.”
Daniels has blazed a few trails herself, including serving as the 77th president of the UGA Alumni Association and the first Black female president of the organization.
“When I was doing any of those things, did I think I was a trailblazer? Absolutely not. I just knew I was trying to run my best race, do my best work, and hopefully help some people along the way,” said Daniels.
That same quiet termination is still in Early, too.
“You cannot sit back on your laurels, even when you have successes, and say, ‘I have arrived.’ You never arrive. You always have a responsibility to keep moving forward,” Early said.
This year marks the 62nd anniversary of Early’s graduation in 1962 as the first African American to earn a graduate degree from UGA.
“Ms. Early, I want to thank you for all that you continue to do for the University of Georgia. In particular, I want to thank you for your courage, for your leadership, for your loyalty and for your unwavering friendship and support. It means so much to each and every one of us,” said UGA President Jere W. Morehead.
The lecture series honors Early’s legacy and recognizes her dedication to making UGA an institution of higher learning for all people. It also strives to demonstrate the progress that has been made in achieving her vision as well as to identify the work that remains to be done.
The Mary Frances Early Lecture, also designated as a Signature Lecture, is sponsored by the Graduate School, Graduate and Professional Scholars, the Mary Frances Early College of Education, the Office of Institutional Diversity and the Office of the President.
Written by UGA Marketing and Communications
Pictured above: Shown, from left, are Yvette K. Daniels, UGA President Jere W. Morehead and Mary Frances Early at a luncheon prior to the lecture named in Early’s honor. (Photo by Nikki Mottley